Shaffer Trucking Company Review

Shaffer Trucking Company Overview

Shaffer Trucking has a proud history of serving the nation's largest food and temperature-sensitive shippers. Founded in 1937, Shaffer's roots run deep in the central Pennsylvania area of New Kingstown, outside of Harrisburg.

Since joining the Crete organization in 1974, Shaffer has continued to build on its reputation as one of the nation's premier providers of temperature-sensitive truckload services. In 2003, Sunflower Carriers, another Crete Carrier Company, was merged with Shaffer creating one of the largest refrigerated transportation fleets in the country.

Schaffer Starting Pay For Solo Drivers

Schaffer Starting Pay For Solo Drivers:37 cpm

Solo Starting Pay Comparison

Marten 49 cpm

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Hunt 45 cpm

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Melton 40 cpm

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Schaffer 37 cpm

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Trimac 35 cpm

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Carter 32.5 cpm

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SRT 29 cpm

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Shaffer Trucking Driver Benefits

Health Care Benefits -
Shaffer Trucking offers Health, Dental and Vision insurance to drivers and their dependents. You can also setup health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts. Basic life insurance coverage and short term disability coverage are automatically provided by Shaffer.

- Vacation Pay: Receive paid vacation time based on your years-of-service: 1 year of service equals 1 week of paid vacation, 2 years of service equals 2 weeks of paid vacation, and 10 years or more of service equals 3 weeks paid vacation.

- Military Leave: No need to use your vacation time - we'll get you home for drill and training.

Schaffer Company Policies

Schaffer Home Time Options

Schaffer Rider Policy

Take friends and family out on the open road with you with our NO COST Rider Policy. Authorized passengers are as follows:

Spouse

One child, stepchild, foster-child, niece, nephew or grandchild 4 years of age or younger, provided they are accompanied by the non-driving spouse or adult

One child, stepchild, foster-child, niece, nephew or grandchild 5 – 18 years of age, without the non-driving spouse or adult

One adult 19 years or older

Schaffer Tuition Reimbursement

Schaffer does not offer tuition reimbursement.

Schaffer Pet Policy

Drivers are allowed to have a dog or cat on the truck that weighs less than 60 pounds.

Schaffer Programs For Military Personnel

Requirements:

Honorable Discharge

DD214 with 2 years of Active Duty Military experience in the last 5 years

1 year of military semi tractor trailer combination experience in the last 5 years

Class A CDL License

Drivers will be compensated $600 a week during the 8 week training, and will earn between $.37 and $.44 cents per practical mile after being released from the road training program.

In 2012, Shaffer Trucking and Crete Carrier founded the Patriot Fleet, a specialized fleet of trucks that aim to honor all those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. At its inception, the Patriot Fleet was comprised of five trucks. Today, we continued to honor America’s heroes by adding five additional trucks, allowing for one of the largest military fleets in the trucking industry. The Patriot Fleet trucks are black International ProStars and Freightliner Cascadias that feature many emblems including: seals for each branch of the United States Armed Forces, dog tags, a silhouette of a soldier in battle gear, a bald eagle, and the Patriot Fleet shield. Collectively, these drivers bring with them over 133 years of experience in the armed forces, more than 100 years as a part of the Shaffer family, and over 21 million total miles driven.

Schaffer Company Equipment

Schaffer Number Of Trucks

Schaffer Number Of Trucks:1,000 Trucks

Number Of Trucks Comparison

Swift 25,685

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CR England 3,500

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AAA Cooper 2,400

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Trimac 2,200

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Schaffer 1,000

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Wilson 790

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Lynden 198

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Schaffer Number Of Trailers

Schaffer Number Of Trailers:2,800 Trailers

Number Of Trailers Comparison

J.B. Hunt 87,150

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Stevens 3,500

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Paschall 3,000

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Schaffer 2,800

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Dillon 850

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Waggoners 800

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Wil-Trans 300

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Schaffer Governed Speed

Schaffer Speed: 0 MPH

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Carter 68 mph

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Watkins Shepard 65 mph

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Koch 64 mph

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Interstate 63 mph

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Prime 62 mph

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Schneider 60 mph

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Schaffer 0 mph

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Schaffer Tractor Brands

Schaffer

Knight

PGT

Marten

Dillon

Prime

MVT

SRT

Transport America

Koch

Schneider

Averitt

Schaffer Transmission Types

Schaffer has standard transmissions

Standards

Prime

MTS

Hunt

Covenant

J.B. Hunt

Crete

Automatics

Carter

Watkins Shepard

Koch

Maverick

Dillon

AAA Cooper

Mix Of Both

CRST

Trimac

XPO

Navajo

Schneider

Ozark

Schaffer APU Policy

Schaffer has trucks equipped with APU's

APU Equipped

Marten

Trimac

Ozark

Celadon

Carter

Paschall

Without APU's

Groendyke

Averitt

Werner

Covenant

Quality Distribution

Wilson

Mix Of Both

K & B

TMC

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